Bench for handling oil-burners



W. A. MASON.

I BENCH FOR HANDLING OIL BURNERS. APPL|CAT|0N FIILED MAR. 19. I920. RENEWED SEPT. 12. 192x.

1 ,3 95 ,856. Patented Nov. 1,192 1,

Inventor.-

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WILLIAM A. MASON, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS BENCH FOR HANDLING OILBURNERS..

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 1, 1921.

-Application filed March 19, 1920. Serial No. 367,280. Renewed September lfl, 1921. Serial No. 500,267.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, IVI L AM A. MAsoN,

a citizen of the-United States, residing at These oil burners are commonly used on p steam vessels and power plants generally and they consist of an elongated pipe adapted to be connected and disconnected with the source of supply and having at the discharge end a plug or tip' containing a very small hole in some cases as small as .005 inch in diameter. The plug which carries the hole is adapted to screw onto the end of the nozzle or pipe and on account of its size it is liable to become clogged from the dirt contained in the oil. 7

The instant the perforated tip plugs up there is nothing to be done but to remove the burner and put in a new one, a number of spare burners being kept on hand at all times. the tip must be unscrewed from the end and cleaned. The ordinary method is to hold the pipe in a vise to keep it from rotating and then unscrew the tip. When this method is used it is not infrequent that the burner pipe may be cracked'causing a'leakage of oil.

Again, the burner when removed is filled with oil and this oil is spilled on the floor or on the bench making a disorderly condition in the boiler room.

According to my invention I provide a bench upon which the burner-may be laid immediately it is removed, with a jaw at one end into which the portions of the burner next the tip falls and there held from rotating. The rear endv of the burner rests on a support on the rear end of the bench allowing the disconnecting end of the burner to overhang a drip pan containing an opening beneath which is a vessel for catchin the surplus oil. The rear rest is so located that it gives a little rearward pitch to the burner and thus drains oil the oil while the tip i being removed and cleaned.

The bench contains two laterally extending partitions'having recesses in their upper As soon as the burner is removed edges so that a number of spare nozzles may be laid side by side to remain until wanted.

I have illustrated my invention by means of the accompanying drawing in which I show a bench constructed in accordance with my invention.

In the drawing: Figure '1 is a side elevation of the bench .with one of the burners in position to be taken apart and cleaned.

Fig. 2 is a plan of the same and, Fig. 3 is an end elevation. The bench is made up of uprights 1 and horizontal members 2 and 3 so that it stands firmly on four legs.

The upper portion is made with a horizontal floor divided by a partition 7 into two flat pans or trays 5 and 6. The pan or tray 6 has an opening 8 for drainage and beneath the opening is a ledge or floor on which a bucket 9 may be placed to catch the oil which drips from the end of the nozzle. The burners are of various forms and vary more or less but they all consist of a straight pipe 12 with a tip 13 at the discharge end, this tip Or'cap being screwed to the end of the pipe 12. On the rear end of the pipe is the fitting 14 by which the nozzle is connected to the source of oil supply. At one end of the bench is located a fixed jaw 11 adapted to hold the body of-the burner from turning when the tip is being removed. The Ferris burner here shown has a hexagonal portion just back of the tip and this is easily held in the jaw 11 and holds the pipe V i from rotating while the tip is being unscrewed. In other forms of burners. the Y pipe is round at this point. The fixed jaw I prefer to make V-shaped with teeth that will seize and hold'a round pipe or a hexagonal or other like surface.

In order to hold the pipe more securely where a round surface is held I provide a pivoted jaw 15 which has a serrated recess 16 adapted to shut down over the burner pipe and hold it when an unusual strain is put on it.

p The rear end of the burner rests in a re-' The partition 7 and a similar partition 18 on the front end of the bench have recessses in which several burners may be placed after they have been taken apart and drained as shown in Fig. 2.

The fixed jaw 11 is secured in place by bolts 17 passing through slots so that the height of the jaws may be varied to provide the proper pitch for the burner.

The device is set up in the boiler room of the steamer or plant using oil and by its use the burner may be quickly taken apart and cleaned and without any danger of cracking the pipe or causing a leak which sometimes happens when the old method is used.

I claim:

1. A bench for manipulating oil burners of the class described having a jaw at one end to prevent the burner from turning, a support near the other end of the bench lower than said jaw to allow the 011 to drain out of the burner and a tray positioned to end to prevent the burner from rotating, a

transverse partition extending across the bench, said partitlon having recesses in its upper edge to retain a pluralityiof'burners and an oil receiving pan for catching'the drip from said burners.

In testimony whereof I have atfixed my signature. 7 h

7 WILLIAM A. MASON 

